Suzy Izzard receives honorary doctorate from University of Sussex
Izzard's charity work includes raising £1.8m for Sport Relief by completing 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009, alongside a further £1.35m for the same charity when she ran 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa.She was one of six honorary graduands to be recognised at Monday's ceremony, with former Labour MP Ben Bradshaw and writer and AIDS activist Simon Watney among the others.Vice-chancellor and president of the University of Sussex, Prof Sasha Roseneil, said: "We are grateful to all our honorary graduands for their inspirational public service in their respective fields and for all they have done to make the world a progressively better place."
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